Coin bank



Jan. 6, 1942. J. B. ARONSON ET AL COIN BANK Filed July 5, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 x I I illllllll [52097270311 kfero me 5 Fan Joae A 7 0725071 fizzsc J/L I. [25972 Q 712 Patented Jan. 6, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Eisendrath, J r.,

Chicago,

Ill., assignors to Banthrico, Inc., Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application July 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,456

5 Claims.

The present invention relates to containers and is more particularly concerned with the type of containers commonly referred to as coin banks.

The present invention is shown as applied to a coin bank of the type having means whereby to visually indicate the deposit of a coin by actuating indicator dials which show the day and the month.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide certain novel improvements in a coin bank of this character whereby to simplify manufacture thereof and to improve the operation of the indicating means.

Among other objects, the present invention contemplates the provision of a novel end closure construction for the receptacle. The novel end closure construction is so arranged as to cooperate in a novel way with an indicator dial mounting frame to accurately position the mounting frame within the coin receptacle.

The present invention contemplates also the provision of a novel construction whereby the indicating dials may be reset by the use of a key or a suitable pointed instrument. This and other features and advantages of the invention will appear more fully from the following description and accompanying drawings wherein a preferred form of the invention is shown. It is to be understood, however, that the drawings and description are illustrative only, and are not 1 Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the dial supporting frame illustratingthe coin guides employed;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the dial supporting frame;

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a cam plate forming a part of the dial structure;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the bottom of the coin bank;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken substantially on the line 99 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on the line Ill-l0 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view in side elevation 5,

of a portion of the coin bank showing the windows through which the dial indicators are visible.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention is embodied in a coin bank of the general type wherein a receptacle 1 is provided with a coin receiving slot 2 at one end and a hinged closure 3 at the other end. The receptacle l contains a frame 4 which supports a plurality of dials 5 and 6. The dial 5 has the numbers one to thirty-one thereon and the dial 6 has the months arranged thereon in sequence. The receptacle l as shown in Fig. 11 has two windows 1 and 8 cut therein so that the indicators on the dials 5 and 6 are visible through these windows.

Means are provided whereby the insertion of a coin through the coin slot 2 is caused to rotate the dial 5 one step each time a coin is inserted to bring a new number before the window I in the receptacle l. Each time the dial 5 makes a complete revolution, it is coupled with the dial 6 in a manner which will be later described. The dial 6 is then turned one step with the dial 5 to change the month indicator visible through the window 8 in the receptacle I. With this general explanation of how the device operates, the novel features of the bank together with the mechanical construction of the several parts will now be described.

The receptacle l is desirably constructed of a composition material which may be readily molded such, for example, as the synthetic resin materials sold under the trade name of Bakelite. To facilitate the use of the molded receptacle of this type, we have provided a novel end closure construction for supporting the hinged closure 3. The receptacle I has an outwardly extending flange 9 at the bottom thereof which flange provides a shoulder I0. Outside of the shoulder ID, the flange 9 is turned down to provide a supporting rim II. The supporting rim II is provided with inwardly extending lugs l2, Hi, It and. I5. These lugs are separated from the flange 9 by narrow slots such as are indicated at I 6 (see Fig. 8). Also each lug has an opening ll therethrough which extends from the bottom face of the lug to the slot IS.

The end closure 3 is made up of three sections. One section [8 consists of a metal plate which is shaped to slide beneath the lugs Hand [5 and abut against the end portion of the rim I I. The plate I8 is secured in position so that it cannot be withdrawn by punched portions l9 and 20 of the metal extending into corresponding depressions 2! (see Fig. 1) formed in the shoulder H). To

further secure the plate I8 in position an L- shaped metal strip 22 is riveted to the plate It and. is riveted to the wall of the receptacle 1 above the flange 9 (Fig. 1). The plate is has bearings 23 and 24 for a hinge pin 25 by which a plate 26 is hinged to the plate l8. In addition, the plate 8 has a flange 21 (Figs. 1 and 4) turned up and slotted at 28 to receive the lower edge of the frame 4.

The plate 26 carries a lock 29 and is provided I with a coin receiving slot 30 protected by guards 30a and 38b. The plate 26 is wide enough to bear against the shoulder H] and extends from the hinge pin 25 to the lugs l2 and [3.

A plate 3| fits in the slots 16 beneath the lugs l2 and I3 and extends against the flange II as shownin Figs. 2 and 8. This plate is secured by punched up portions 32 and 33 thereof extending into corresponding depressions 3 lformed in the shoulder lil. An angle strip 35 is riveted to the receptacle 1 and to the plate 3| (Figs. 1 and 2) to further secure the plate 3| against removal. It is obvious, of course, that if desirable, the plates I3 and 3| may be secured by the punched up portions I9, 20, 32 and133 alone or by the strips 2'2 and 35 alone. Where it is desiredto have the plates 18 and 3! removable, they may be secured bythe punched up portions alone and can then be pulled out.

The plate .3! has .an upturned .fiange '35 which is utilized as a stop :for a latch 37 of the lock 29. The details of the lock 23 are old and well known in this art and therefore have .not been shown. The flange 35 .is alsoslotted as shown at 3.8 in-IFig. 8 to receive the lower edge of the frame 4 and thus position the latter in spaced relation to the adjacent side wall of the receptacle I. The frame 4 is positioned at the top thereof by a flangetfi on the frame t and depending lugs G0, and 42 (see Figs. 1 and 3) on the receptacle I.- There is .no direct connection between theframe 4 and the receptacle 1. However, it is firmly held in place by means of the flanges 2'! and 36 and thelugs 40, ll and '42.

Referring now to the mechanism by which the dials 5 and 6 carried by the frame 4 are to :be operated, .all of this mechanism is carried by the frame 4. The frame 4 has a coinguide 43 (Fig. 5) struck out from the body thereof. The guide 43 has a depending flange so as to direct .thecoin downward after it is inserted into the coin receiving slot '2. Opposite the flange M, a movable coin guide-45 '(Fig. .5.) is carried by a lever'de (Figs. 1 and 5). The lever 56 is pivoted .on the frame 4 in the manner shown in Fig. 9. The-lever Adi-s provided with an aperture which receives a bearing boss 41 which is struck out from "the material of the frame Q.

A second lever 18 is pivoted on the frame A by a bearing boss 4 9 which is like the bearing boss 41. The lever "48 is biased downward at one end .by a spring 58 hooked over theend of-the lever in notch 5i and held at its other end by a finger L52 struck out from the frame 4. The lever 38 extends beneath a tru'ned out lug 53 on the lever 46. The lug 53 is so positioned that when thelever at is pushed out by the pressure .of the coin against the coin .guide (.5, the lever 48 is turned clockwise against the pull of-the spring "55 which is under tension.

The lever 18 has a push rod 5d .pivoted thereon fby bearing boss 55. The push rod 54 extends downwardly between a finger 56 on the frame 4 and a spring 51 which is secured on a side flange 5-8 of the frame 4. At its lower end, the push rod 54 has a flange 59 that is adapted to engage ratchet teeth 68 on the dial 5. Each time the lever 43 is turned clockwise by a coin being inserted through the slot 2, the flange 59 engages one of the ratchet teeth 6% and turns the dial 5 far enough to bring a new number in front of the window I.

The mounting of the dials 5 and 6 on the frame 4 is such that they are held together under spring pressure with a sufficient force that they can be turned by means of the push rod 55 but they will remain in place when so turned. This mounting will now be described.

The frame i is impressed to provide a raised bearing surface '5! (see Figs. 3 and 6). The dial 5 has a central portion 82 which is offset with respect to the rim portion thereof so as to bear against the surface 6!. Circular guides 63 and 64 (see Fig. 6) are struck up from the frame A and have inturned lugs -65, 66, 61 and t8. A cam plate '69 shownin detail 'inFig. '7 has acentral depressed portion 10 provided with'two apertures "H and 12 toreceive the guides 63 and 64. A web 13 fits between the lugs 65 and -66 on one side and '61 and 68 on the other side. The cam plate 59 has a raised detent "M thereon and has a notch T5 cut in the rim thereof. The depressed portion 10 of the cam plate 6% rests directly upon the portion '62 of the dial 5.

The dial '6 has a central aperture it and is depressed around thisaperture as indicated at llin Fig. 3 so as to fit within the depression 10 of the 'cam'plate 69. The dial 5 has a plurality of small apertures '58, one'for each month appearing thereon. The apertures 18 are arranged so as to 'bein line with the detent M which rests in one of the apertures 18 except during the time when the dial '6 is being turned. A spring I9 .fits within the depressed portion of the dial 6 and is held in place by a rivet '39 which extends through the spring and through plate 8| that covers the aperture left in the frame 4 by the punching up of the guides '63 and 64. The spring 79 supplies the necessary tension to hold the dials in assembled position upon the frame i. The dial 6 is .provided with ratchet teeth 82 in its periphery as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In order to operate the dial E from the dial 5, there is provided on the dial- 5 a spring control pawl '83 shown in dotted lines .in Fig. 1. This pawl is pivoted on the dial 5 by a suitable boss 84 struck up from the dial 5. Aspring wire 85 is fixed to the dial 5 at 85 and engages a tail piece 81 on the pawl 83. This tail piece is grooved at 88 as shown in Fig. 10 to receive the free end of the wire 85. At the end of the pawl 83 opposite the tail piece 81, there is provided a finger 89 which extends across the edge of the cam plate 89 and beyond the dial 6 (see Fig. 3). When the finger '89'is riding upon the circular periphery of the cam plate 69, it is held out of engagement with the teeth $32 of the dial 6. However, when the finger 89 drops into the notch I5 of the cam plate 69, it engages one of the teeth 82 on the dial 6 and can then move. Then when the dial 5 is moved by the push rod 54, the dial '6 also will be moved by the finger 89 and the detent M will be moved out of one aperture '18 into another aperture 78 to thus change the month reading through the opening 8 in the receptacle I.

The difierence' in the number of days per month makes it necessary at certain times to readjust the dials and B by moving them by hand. To make them readily accessible through the opening provided by the closure plate 26, the depression in the frame 4 which provides the bearing surface 6|, extends to the lower edge of the frame asshown at 90 (see Figs. 1 and 6). The dials are adjusted by inserting a key for the lock 29 up through the opening provided by the depression 90 where it can be engaged with the teeth 60 to advance dial 5 a suflicient number of spaces to cause the finger 89 to drop into the slot 15 and bring a new month and a new day into position without operating the coin control lever 45. For example, the dial 5 contains 31 teeth and has a day number for each tooth; thirty-one days in all. The month of February has 28 or 29 days, Therefore, when the dial reading for this month reads 28, or 29 if it is leap year, the bank is opened and the dial 5 is turned by engaging the key into the periphery thereof until the finger 89 drops into position behind a tooth 82 of the dial 6. The dial 5 is then pushed one step further by the key to move both dials 5 and 6 and bring a new month and new day number before the openings 1 and 8 in the receptacle I.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and operation of this device will be readily apparent to those skilled in this art.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin bank, a dial-carrying frame, said frame comprising a sheet having a circular dialreceiving depression in one side, a cupped dial plate seated in said depression whereby to be guided in its rotation by said depression, said plate having a peripheral flange provided with ratchet teeth, said flange providing a numberreceiving surface, a fixed cam plate within the cupped dial plate and bearing thereon, a second dial plate bearing on said cam plate and having ratchet teeth thereon, said second dial plate having indicia thereon spaced to correspond to the spacing of the ratchet teeth of said second dial plate, said frame having curved guide portions extending through said plates at the center of said. depression, the said dial plates being provided with central openings whereby they are rotatable on said guide portions, means engaging the teeth of the first named dial plate for turning it, and a pawl on the first named dial plate cooperating with the teeth of the second dial plate and with the cam plate to advance the second dial plate once for each rotation of the first named dial plate.

2. In a coin bank, a dial-carrying frame, said frame comprising a sheet having a circular dialreceiving depression in one side, a cupped dial plate seated in said depression whereby to be guided in its rotation by said depression, said plate having a peripheral flange provided with ratchet teeth, said flange providing a numberreceiving surface, a cam plate within the cupped dial plate and bearing thereon, a second dial plate bearing on said cam plate and having ratchet teeth thereon, said second dial plate having indicia thereon spaced to correspond to the spacing of the ratchet teeth of said second dial plate, said frame having curved guide portions extending through said plates at the center of said depression, the said dial plates being provided with central openings whereby they are rotatable on said guide portions, said cam plate having a portion extending between the guide portions to prevent rotation of the cam plate, means engaging the teeth of the first named dial plate for turning it, and a pawl on the first named dial plate cooperating with the teeth of the second dial plate and with the cam plate to advance the second dial plate once for each rotation of the first named dial plate.

- 3. In a coin bank, a dial-carrying frame, said frame comprising a sheet having a circular dialreceiving depression in one side, a cupped dial plate seated in said depression whereby to be guided in its rotation by said depression, said plate having a peripheral fiange provided with ratchet teeth, said flange providing a numberreceiving surface, a fixed cam plate Within the cupped dial'plate and bearing thereon, a second dial plate bearing on said cam plate and having ratchet teeth thereon, said second dial plate having indicia thereon spaced to correspond to the spacing of the ratchet teeth of said second dial plate, said frame having curved guide portions extending through said plates at the center of said depression, the said dial plates being provided with central openings whereby they are rotatable on said guide portions, a spring holding said plates in the circular depression of said sheet, means engaging the teeth of the first named dial plate for turning it, and a pawl on the first named dial plate cooperating with the teeth of the second dial plate and with the cam plate to advance the second dial plate once for each rotation of the first named dial plate.

4. In a coin bank, a dial-carrying frame, said frame comprising a sheet having a circular dialreceiving depression in one side, a cupped dial plate seated in said depression whereby to be guided in its rotation by said depression, said plate having a peripheral flange provided with ratchet teeth, said flange providing a numberreceiving surface, a cam plate within the cupped dial plate and bearing thereon, a second dial plate bearing on said cam plate and having ratchet teeth thereon, said second dial plate having indicia thereon spaced to correspond to the spacing of the ratchet teeth of said second dial plate, said frame having curved guide portions extending through said plates at the center of said depression, the said dial plates being provided with central openings whereby they are rotatable on said guide portions, means engaging the teeth of the first named dial plate for turning it, and a pawl on the first named dial plate cooperating with the teeth of the second dial plate and with the cam plate to advance the second dial plate once for each rotation of the first named dial plate, said pawl having a tail piece provided with a groove and a spring on said first named dial plate riding in the groove to hold the pawl against the cam plate.

5. In a coin bank, a. dial-carrying frame, said frame comprising a sheet having a circular dial- 1 receiving depression in one side, a cupped dial plate seated in said depression and having a pcipheral flange provided with ratchet teeth, a cam plate bearing on said dial plate, a second dial plate having ratchet teeth and bearing on said cam plate, said second dial plate having indicia thereon spaced to correspond to the spacing of the ratchet teeth of said second dial plate, guide means on said sheet at the center of said depression providing bearing portions 3 about which said dial plates may rotate, said tate it, and :a pawl on the first named dial plate cooperating with the teeth of the second dial plate and with said cam to advance the second dial plate after a predetermined advance by the 5 first named dial plate.

JEROME B. ARONSON. FRANK KUSCH. JOSEPH L. EISENDRATH, JR. 

